In a scene directly from “The Blues Brothers”, a stolen car, bust by barricades and jumped over an open drawbidge, reports Kiro 7. The police in Seattle, Washington, had followed a white SUV, but not haunted. Road & Track identified it as an Audi Q5 that was stolen. The police saw the Audi stuck in traffic, while the University Bridge was open over Portage Bay, and decided that it was a good time to arrest the suspect while a chase was avoided.
Unfortunately, the suspect had other ideas. The Audi entered the oncoming traffic strips and accelerated to the bridge. It did not delay before the barriers, broke through and then jumped over the opening in the bridge and risked a dive of more than 40 feet to the water below. It stuck the landing and accelerated road. The police have wisely chosen not to chase, which probably avoided a police car crash in blues style.
Is this the new bluesmobile or what?
The stolen car has not avoided the catch for long. The police soon found the SUV left at the intersection of 42nd Street and Pasadena Place Northeast. It was badly damaged and the driver, who almost stays, probably dumped it for that reason. The Audi had a broken windshield, probably from breaking the gate and the chassis was destroyed. The video shows the SUV landing under a significant nose-down corner of the jump, which probably caused the extensive front-end damage. Unlike some Audis, the Q5 is not a rally car and is not designed to take jumps and hard landings.
Only because you see it in a film or TV program does not mean that it will work in real life. Whether it is The Blues Brothers Jumping over a bridge, the bandit jumped over where the Mulberry Bridge used to be, or a “Dukes of Hazzard” jump ever, the part that they don’t show is that every car is actually thrown away when it lands. Only film magic makes it look like it is driving away unharmed. Unless you are just like Travis Pastrana and have a landing rack, you have to repair much more than the cigarette lighter of the Bluesmobile afterwards.
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